Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of Santa Barbara Avenue (later Martin Luther King Boulevard) looking west from Vermont Avenue after roadwork, November 17, 1937. This was taken after the removal of poles and the paving of the center section of the street. Tracks for trolley cars stripe the street in the foreground as well as the wide street which extends into the distance. Several cars drive along the street while many others are parked along the sidewalks. Electrical poles stand along either sidewalk. Brick buildings housing small shops line the street on both sides. Compares to CHS-42157 taken before road work.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 13 x 18 cm. photographs
Los Angeles--Streets--Santa Barbara Avenue (Martin Luther King) Poles Paving Commercial Streetcar Streets Street-railroads Building Electric lines--Poles and towers Automobiles Stores, Retail
Time Period
1937-11-17
Place
-118.29086,34.01402 -118.28736,34.0105 -118.29067,34.00697 -118.29338,34.01049 California Los Angeles Santa Barbara Avenue & Vermont Avenue USA
Source
42158 [Accession number] CHS-42158 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity] isla id: S-4749 [Identifying number]
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